Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay Fights to 'End Polio Now' with Community Spaghetti Feed on Tuesday

The following was submitted for publication by the Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay:

The Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay is hosting a family-friendly spaghetti feed on Tuesday January 27th at the new Half Moon Bay Senior Center.

All proceeds of the fundraiser ($20 suggested donation) will go to Rotary International’s signature campaign to End Polio Now. All funds raised are matched 2:1 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, so each $20 donation contributes $60 to the elimination of polio from the planet.

This event comes at an important time in the fight to eradicate polio, which would be only the second human disease to be eradicated. Only three countries (Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan) have never stopped transmission of the wild poliovirus. Overall, remarkable progress has been achieved in the fight against polio. Since 1988, the number of polio cases has been reduced 99% from 350,000 a year to about 400 in 2013. In 2014, Southeast Asia was certified polio-free after India eliminated the disease from its borders, an incredible feat for a country once considered the hardest place on earth to stop polio. However, in 2014, the Director-General of the World Health Organization declared polio to be a public health emergency of international concern.

Complete details and registration form for this informal weeknight dinner can be found on the Rotary Club’s website at http://www.rotaryofhalfmoonbay.com/Event/7507ee78-87ba-4a24-96f0-1c169eecdaa0

Plans are also in full swing for the Club’s biggest event of the year, Magic of the Coastside. This event features dinner and entertainment provided by the Blue Street Jazz Band and is scheduled for March 21, 2015. Funds raised support the Club’s signature cause, the Coastside RotaCare Clinic. At this event, the Service Above Self Award will be announced for an outstanding volunteer from the Coastside community.

The fifty plus members of the Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay donate time and money to support the under-served in the community and around the world.

The Club’s signature local cause is RotaCare, the free medical clinic for the uninsured in Half Moon Bay and the surrounding Coastside communities.

The Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay is one of 34,000 clubs around the world. The Half Moon Bay Club meets each Thursday for lunch at the Portuguese Center at 724 Kelly Street in downtown Half Moon Bay.

January lunch programs features Club member Mike Alifano on January 22nd speaking on computer viruses, malaware and ransomware, a Shop Talk on January 15th, and Magic of the Coastside working meeting on January 8th. http://www.rotaryofhalfmoonbay.com/